GSA Annual Meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA - 2018

Session No. 164
Tuesday, 6 November 2018: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 143-144 (Indiana Convention Center)

T129. Evolution of Terrestrial Ecosystems: Community Assembly through Time I

Paleontological Society; Paleontological Research Institution

 

Laura C. Soul, Danielle Fraser and Joshua H. Miller, Advocates
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Start Time
8:00 AM
FOUR OR MORE IS A CROWD: ASSESSING COMPETITION BETWEEN AUSTRALIAN DASYURIDS VIA DENTAL MICROWEAR TEXTURE ANALYSIS
MARTIN, John Matthew, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University, 2201 West End Ave, Nashville, TN 37235 and DESANTIS, Larisa R.G., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235
8:15 AM
NICHE PARTITIONING BETWEEN LATE PLEISTOCENE BERINGIAN BISON AND HORSES: NEW INSIGHTS REGARDING DIETARY BEHAVIOR OF HERBIVOROUS UNGULATES ACROSS SPACE AND THROUGH TIME
KELLY, Abigail1, MILLER, Joshua H.1 and DESANTIS, Larisa R.G.2, (1)Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, (2)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235
8:30 AM
DEVELOPING ECOMETRICS VIA MIDDLE TRUNK VERTEBRAL MORPHOLOGY IN NORTH AMERICAN SNAKES
JACISIN III, John J., Ecosystem Science and Management, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77840 and LAWING, A. Michelle, Ecosystem Science and Management, Texas A&M University, 534 John Kimbrough, WFES Building, 322, College Station, TX 77843
8:45 AM
PRESERVATION AND FAUNAL CHANGE IN THE BARSTOW FORMATION, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: IMPLICATIONS FOR TURNOVER AT THE HEMINGFORDIAN-BARSTOVIAN BOUNDARY
LOUGHNEY, Katharine M., Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 and BADGLEY, Catherine, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
 
9:00 AM
Break
9:15 AM
SPACE-TIME EQUIVALENCE IN AUSTRALIAN QUATERNARY MAMMAL COMMUNITIES (Invited Presentation)
LOUYS, Julien, Australian Research Center for Human Evolution, Environmental Futures Research Institute, Griffith University, Nathan, 4111, Australia, PRICE, Gilbert J., School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, 4072, Australia and TRAVOUILLON, Kenny J., Western Australian Museum, Locked Bag 49, Welshpool DC, Perth, 6986, Australia
9:30 AM
THE STRATIGRAPHIC PALEOBIOLOGY OF CONTINENTAL SYSTEMS: INITIAL CONSIDERATIONS
HOLLAND, Steven M., Department of Geology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-2501 and LOUGHNEY, Katharine M., Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan, 1105 North University Ave., Ann Arbor, MI 48109
9:45 AM
THE IMPACT OF TAPHONOMY ON RECONSTRUCTIONS OF TERRESTRIAL COMMUNITIES IN TIME AND SPACE
BEHRENSMEYER, Anna K., Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Department of Paleobiology, MRC 121, Washington, DC 20013 and LYONS, S. Kathleen, School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, 402 Manter Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588
10:00 AM
PERSISTENCE, INCUMBENCY AND REORGANIZATION OF THE KAROO BASIN TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM DURING THE PERMIAN-TRIASSIC TRANSITION
ROOPNARINE, Peter D.1, ANGIELCZYK, Kenneth D.2, WEIK, Allen S.1 and DINEEN, Ashley A.1, (1)Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Geology, California Academy of Sciences, 55 Music Concourse Drive, San Francisco, CA 94118, (2)Integrative Research Center, Field Museum of Natural History, 1400 South Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605
10:15 AM
CONSTRAINING ECOSYSTEM CHANGE IN THE TIEN SHAN OF KYRGYZSTAN
MCLAUGHLIN, Win N.F., Geology, Oberlin College, Carnegie Building, 52 West Lorain st, Oberlin, OH 44074, HOPKINS, Samantha S.B., Clark Honors College and Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1272 and WELDON, Ray, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, Thailand
 
10:30 AM
Break
10:45 AM
CROSS-SCALE TEMPORAL ECOLOGY FOR COMMUNITIES IN A DYNAMIC WORLD (Invited Presentation)
GILL, Jacquelyn, Climate Change Institute, University of Maine, 134 Sawyer Labs, Orono, ME 04469
11:00 AM
UNBOUNDED DIVERSITY DYNAMICS IN CENOZOIC CARNIVOROUS MAMMALS
FRASER, Danielle, Department of Earth Sciences, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, SIMPSON, Andrew G., Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560 and SOUL, Laura C., Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20530-7012
11:15 AM
THE ROLE OF FUNCTIONAL TRAITS IN MAMMALIAN COMMUNITY STRUCTURE ACROSS THE PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE TRANSITION
LYONS, S. Kathleen1, VILLASENOR, Amelia2 and SMITH, Felisa A.2, (1)School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, 402 Manter Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588, (2)Biology, University of New Mexico, MSC 03-2020, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131
11:30 AM
NO CORRELATION BETWEEN CLIMATE AND EXTINCTION IN THE CENOZOIC FOSSIL RECORD OF MAMMALS
SMITH, Felisa A., Biology, University of New Mexico, MSC 03-2020, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, ELLIOTT SMITH, Rosemary E., Mathematics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, LYONS, S. Kathleen, School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, 402 Manter Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588 and PAYNE, Jonathan L., Geological Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA 94305
11:45 AM
WERE MOUNTAIN PASSES HIGHER DURING THE MIDDLE MIOCENE?
SMILEY, Tara1, TERRY, Rebecca C.1, BADGLEY, Catherine2, BAHADORI, Alireza3, HOLT, William E.3 and RASBURY, Troy3, (1)Department of Integrative Biology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, (2)Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, (3)Department of Geosciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794
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